Job Title: Trainee Swimming Teacher
Location: Water Meadows and Rebecca Adlington
Working Hours: Casual, Flexible around your current commitments
Salary: £13.98 per hour + Excellent Benefits
Are you passionate about swimming? Are you naturally caring and supportive? If so, we may have an exciting opportunity for you.
Here at More Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team - and right now we have the opportunity to train a new cohort of Swimming Teachers.
Our next training course will be taking place at Water Meadows Leisure Centre and Rebecca Adlington Swimming Pool, and you must be available for all these dates, 15th, 16th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th July, 9am—5pm each day.
Swimming not only also teaches a skill for life it can provide a fulfilling and enjoyable job as you work with people of all ages to help them develop those skills. This could see you working with individuals, therapeutic groups, schools, or in our range of public classes. Either way though you'll carry out the lesson plans, ensure the safe use and storage of equipment, complete pupil records, and carry out assessment sessions.
This is your chance to train potential athletes, ensure children remain safe and aware of the risks around water and build confidence in all service users. Who knows, it maybe you getting a thank you from the Olympic swimmers of the future! Ultimately, you'll ensure your participants continue to progress, providing them with confidence in the water - and you with an enormous sense of achievement and pride.
Our leisure centre is made up of a close-knit supportive team who will encourage and provide you with continual professional training and development opportunities to further your career as you see fit. Many of our teachers have not only developed into management positions but also used the internationally recognised qualification you would gain with us to also work abroad and amongst our other 30+ leisure centres across the UK. Whether you want to travel, relocate, or continue your further studies we will support you to achieve the lifestyle and career that you want.
What you'll need to do the role
You must be available for all the course training dates as 100% attendance is required. If you cannot make these dates but would like to be considered for future training courses, please put an application in and we will be in touch with future course dates when we have them.
Working as a swimming teacher will see you interacting heavily with our customers so you will use your excellent communication and customer service skills to serve and support people of all ages and backgrounds.
Finally, you will be someone who is passionate about swimming and the service they deliver ensuring you can use your motivational and organisational skills to deliver safe, fun, and progressive lessons. If you can provide the enthusiasm, we will provide the training and qualification.
This role will require a DBS check.
What we offer
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Our Aquatic Training Academy will provide you with ongoing training through our specialist CPDs in swimming teaching meaning you can access a range of training throughout your career and when it comes to that career, we have a solid pathway in place meaning there is opportunity to progress into management or other areas in the business.
Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust's Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust's employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company's policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.
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